Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of killing cab driver

The New Orleans Police Department has issued an arrest warrant in the fatal shooting of a cab driver in Algiers.

John Raymond, 21, is wanted on a first degree murder charge, police announced today. He is suspected of robbing and shooting a 39-year-old cab driver, Richard "Ricky" Temple, in the 2900 block of Sandra Drive just before midnight on April 5.

Temple, who worked for Glenn's Cab Co., had just dropped off a passenger when a man with a handgun approached and asked him to hand the fare over. Temple complied, but the robber shot him once in the chest, sifted through the cab driver's personal belongings, and fled.